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Edward Saids »Orientalismus«-Buch, das bereits vor über 40 Jahren den europäischen Blick auf den Orient als »Stil der Herrschaft und Umstrukturierung« zu entlarven suchte, gilt als eines der Gründungsdokumente der postkolonialen Theorie. Der in New York Islamwissenschaften und politische Theorie lehrende Wael B. Hallaq unterwirft Saids Thesen einer grundlegenden Kritik und Neubewertung. Dabei nimmt er zentrale Gedankenfiguren westlichen Denken...

Ibn Taymiyya, one of the greatest and most prolific thinkers of medieval Islam, held Greek logic responsible for the "heretical" metaphysical conclusions reached by Islamic philosophers, theologians, mystics, and others. Unlike Ghazali, who rejected philosophical metaphysics but embracedlogic, Ibn Taymiyya considered the two inextricably connected. He therefore set out to refute philosophical logic, a task which culminated in one of the most d...

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These essays provide a general - if not wholly systematic - coverage of the emergence and evolution of law during the first three and a half centuries of Islam. On another level, they reflect the different and, at times, widely divergent scholarly approaches to this subject matter.

A penetrating analysis of the relationship between authority, continuity and change in Islamic law.

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The history of Islamic law from pre-Islamic times across three centuries.

The history of Islamic law from pre-Islamic times across three centuries.

Wael B. Hallaq boldly argues that the "Islamic state, " judged by any standard definition of what the modern state represents, is both impossible and inherently self-contradictory. Comparing the legal, political, moral, and constitutional histories of premodern Islam and Euro-America, he finds the adoption and practice of the modern state to be highly problematic for modern Muslims. He also critiques more expansively modernity's moral predicam...

Il volume ripercorre la storia del diritto islamico dall'epoca classica alla sua persistenza nel mondo islamico contemporaneo e nell'ideologia di organizzazioni d'ispirazione religiosa come i Fratelli Musulmani. Hallaq mostra come il diritto islamico sia una teoria della società, messa a punto lungo i secoli per garantire le migliori condizioni di convivenza alla comunità dei credenti, in un contesto dove lo stato era particolarmente debole e ...

A penetrating analysis of the relationship between authority, continuity and change in Islamic law.

In his latest book, the author traces the history of Islamic legal theory from its early beginnings until the modern period.

Wael Hallaq's magisterial overview of Shari'a examines the doctrines and practices of Islamic law from the seventh century to the present.

Wael Hallaq's magisterial overview of Shari'a examines the doctrines and practices of Islamic law from the seventh century to the present.

This book is an introduction to the fundamentals of Islamic law and its history.

Introduction to the fundamentals of Islamic law and its history.